Mercury
knowing how your being melts and hardens,
is it's own science.
we, bags of chemicals
too
fall fate to our surroundings
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They used words like a thermometer
to determine if any heat still permiated through them.
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"if I wait, sticking that comment in..
..will I notice a drop in temperature?"
"how low can I make the heat, [gas still on]
so if I [stay in] touch
I won…